essay
Estudillo among the Yokuts: 1819
Essays in anthropology : presented to A. L. Kroeber in celebration of his sixtieth birthday, June 11, 1936 • Berkeley, Calif. • Published In 1936 • Pages: 67-85
By: Gayton, A. H. (Anna Hadwick).
AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
The material for this article was obtained from the diary of Lieutenant José María Estudillo, commandant of a party of Spaniards who in the year 1819 penetrated into the San Joaquin valley of California on a missionizing expedition. Through the efforts of the author, a copy of this diary was obtained from the Bancroft Library at the University of California and translated into English. Although this source is limited in terms of ethnographic data, it does present a general picture of the region as it existed in the early days of the 19th century; a picture which in many cases has undergone numerous changes since the time of the writing. It is interesting to note, however, that while Estudillo's data are somewhat meager in quantity, they were not lacking in quality, for much of his original data was verified through the works of later ethnologists, dealing with the same native cultures. Ethnographic data given in these pages pertain to intertribal relations, diet, hinting, mourning ceremonies and feasts and hospitality.
- SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
- Reviews and critiques
- Topography and geology
- Composition of population
- Diet
- Settlement patterns
- Visiting and hospitality
- External relations
- Cult of the dead
- Missions
- cultureCulture name from the Outline of World Cultures (OWC)
- Yokuts
- HRAF PubDateThe date HRAF published the document
- 2002
- RegionThe area the document pertains to
- North America
- Sub RegionThe more specific area the document pertains to, which is located within the Region
- Northwest Coast and California
- Document TypeMay include journal articles, essays, collections of essays, monographs, or chapters/parts of monographs
- essay
- Evaluation
- Creator TypeThe type of person writing the document, e.g. Ethnographer, Missionary, Archaeologist, Folklorist, Linguist, Indigenous Person, and so on.
- Ethnologist
- Document Rating A ranking done by HRAF anthropologists based on the strength of the source material on a scale of 1 to 5, as follows: 1 - poor; 2 - fair; 3 - good, useful data, but not uniformly excellent; 4 - excellent secondary data; 5 - excellent primary data.
- 4: Excellent Secondary Data
- AnalystThe HRAF anthropologist who subject indexed the document and prepared other materials for the eHRAF culture/tradition collection
- John Beierle ; 1960
- Field DateThe date the researcher conducted the fieldwork or archival research that produced the document
- no date
- Coverage DateThe date or dates that the information in the document pertains to
- 1819
- Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
- San Joaquin Valley, California, United States
- NotesAdditional notes
- by A. H. Gayton
- LCCNLibrary of Congress Control Number
- 36014302
- LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
- Yokuts Indians